This day you will visit the fabled “Red Rose City” of Petra, the 2000-year-old Nabatean capital, now one of the world’s wonders. Take a horse ride to the Siq. Then walk to the Treasury, a rose-colored monumental building artfully carved out of sheer rock. Visit the other temples and tombs carved into the mountainside.

Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Check out of your hotel. Drive to Allenby border and cross into Israel. Drive to Jericho, the city that Joshua destroyed and the oldest city in the world. Proceed to Mt. Tabor to visit the Church of the Transfiguration.

Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

Visit the Beatitudes Church where Jesus preached the sermon on the mount, the Church of the Primacy of St. Peter and Tabgha where Jesus performed the multiplication of the loaves and fish. Continue to Capernaum where you will see a 4th century Synagogue and St. Peter’s House. Take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Continue to Cana where Jesus changed the water into wine. Couples can renew their marriage vows in the Church of Cana. Stop in Nazareth. It is here where the Angel Gabriel appeared before Mary and where Jesus spent his boyhood. The Church of the Annunciation and St. Joseph’s Workshop and the home of the Holy Family. Proceed to Yardenit, a baptismal site on the Jordan River.

Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Drive to Caesarea, built by Herod the Great, where Peter baptized the centurion Cornelius. See the Roman Amphitheater, the Aqueduct, and many other ruins. Continue to Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel’s third largest city. See the Bahai Shrine and Gardens. Next stop is Jaffa, which like Venice and Genoa, is a great port of the times. Walk through Jaffa’s reconstructed Artist’s Quarter. Drive through the bustling city of Tel Aviv on your way to Jerusalem.

Overnight at your hotel.

Enter the old city. Stop at the Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus healed a blind man. Visit the Church of St. Anne.

Then follow the Via Dolorosa (14 Stations of the Cross) starting at the Church of Flagellation(Lithostratos) to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site of the Calvary. On to Mount Moriah to visit the Western Wall. Then on to the Dead Sea, the lowest spot on earth. Experience floating on its mineral rich waters.

Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

Drive to the Mount of Olives for a breathtaking view of the city. Visit the Pater Noster Church, the Dominus Flevit, the Church of All Nations and the Garden of Gethsemane, Dome of Ascension and Tomb of Mary. Continue to Ein Karem to visit Church of Visitation and John the Baptist. Proceed to Mount Zion where you will visit the Room of the Last Supper, King of David’s Tomb, the Dormition Abbey, St. Peter’s Church. Then drive to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. Visit the Church of Nativity and the Shepherd’s Fields.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel, check out and drive to Eilat, the winter resort of Israel. Continue to Taba Bordre and cross into Egypt. You will be met and assisted then drive to St. Catherine for dinner and overnight.

Early morning climbing on Mount Sinai, where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses and enjoy a breathtaking view of sunrise from the peak. (Optional). Return to your hotel for breakfast, check out visit to St. Catherine Monastery. Drive to Cairo, the capital of Egypt passing by Suez Canal and stop at Moses Spring.

Check in hotel for dinner an overnight